Abstract
A chemical investigation of a Korean marine sponge, Phorbas sp., yielded unprecedented sesterterpenoids phorone A (1) and isophorbasone A (2) along with ansellone B (3) and phorbasone A acetate (4). Their complete structures were elucidated by the combination of spectroscopic data and chemical manipulation. Phorone A (1) and isophorbasone A (2) have the new "phorane"(5) and "isophorbasane"(6) sesterterpenoid carbon skeletons, respectively. Ansellone B (3) and phorbasone A acetate (4) exhibited potent inhibitory activity on nitric oxide production in RAW 264.7 LPS-activated mouse macrophage cells with IC50 values of 4.5 and 2.8 μM, respectively.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 4486-4489 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Organic Letters |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue number | 17 |
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| State | Published - 7 Sep 2012 |